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TAG PACKAGE.

No. 470,956. Patented Mar. 15, 1892.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,956, dated March 15, 1892.

Application filed August 8, 1891. Serial No. 402,117; (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT R. TIFFANY, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tag-Packages, ot which the -following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my invention applied to wooden tags and the method of applying the same to fruittrees, vegetables, doc. It is desirable to have fruit-tree tags on which the name of the variety is written or printed permanently attached, so they will stand the weather. For this purpose wooden tags are employed, to which a wire is attached, firmly binding the tag and the wire and the ends ofthe wire employed to attach the same to the fruit-tree or other article which will be exposed to the weather. The ordinary method of packing these tags is to throw them loosely in boxes, and it requires a great deal of time to sort the same out and handle them.

My'invention relates to tag-packages which are adapted to be packed in cases, so that any desired chain of bundles can be withdrawn from the packing-case and used. I also tie these bundles into a chain of a given numbersay ten or twenty-iive-so that the user does not have to count the tags or count the number of bundles detached from the chain. This gives him the number of articles that have been tagged and none are lost by waste. The ordinary method of attaching the wire to the tag makes it cumbersome andthe wires and labels get tangled up and make their separation slow; but my invention obviates this, as all the tie-wires are held uniformly in horizontal planes and bound to the tag in series, thereby allowinga series or chain of bundles to be packed in a small case and one chain or bunch to be readily detached without disturbing the tie-wires of the remaining chains.

The various features of my invention are hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of the packing-case with the flaps open, exposing a series of chains in packed condition. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a section of one of the chains. Fig. 3 is a plan View of one of the tags and the tie-wire connected thereto.

l represents an ordinary wooden tag; 2,

notches cut in the edge of the same, around which are twisted the tying-wires 3, the free ends of which are projected out, showingthe clamped position of the wires. It is desired that these be bound together in a bundle. Tying-wires 3 are bent over to lay horizontally in line with the base of the tag. A series of these tags-say ten, twenty-five, or fifty, as requiredare packed in a tier, and the binding-chain 4, consisting of two wires, is run over each side of the bundle and upon the tie-wires 3, holding them down upon the base of the tags.

6 represents knots between each of the series of bundles A. A chain is formed of four or ten or more of these bundles, the name is printed upon one face of the tag,v and this face is packed outward in the bundle. They are then introduced horizontally into the packing-case B, which has alabel O upon the outer end, on which is marked the varieties of tags incased therein.

D represents a series of chains packed ina case.

E represents the iiaps or cover of the box, which fold outward in the usual manner.

When it is desired to use any number, the flaps are opened and a series of chains or bundles exposed, any chain of which may be readily withdrawn from the package and used. .The wire is then cut and the bundle detached. If all are not used, it is again inserted in the packing-case. The knots 6 formed in the chain are accomplished by twisting the two wires, and the method and means of twisting will be made the subject-matter of another application and are not claimed herein.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- A series of separate bundles of tags secured together in chain series by a binding-wire passing around each separate bundle and knotted or twisted between each of such separate bundles, substantially as described, whereby one or more of said bundles may be separated from the series, leaving the remaining bundles intact.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ALBERT R. TIFFANY.

Witnesses z WM. S. BRowN, GEORGE O. WARRINGTON.

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